Grad Cupcakes

Name: Grad Cupcakes
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 24 candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&Ms®) in school colors; 3 eggs; 454 grams white buttercream frosting; 12 graham crackers; 6 chewy lemon candy squares (such as Starburst®), or as needed; 79 milliliters vegetable oil; 237 milliliters water; 517 grams package white cake mix; 1 drop food coloring in school colors, or as desired

Grad Cupcakes might be A mixture of as desired, vegetable oil, water, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes. This recipe is typical of American cuisine.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Oven

Line 24 muffin cups with paper cupcake liners in school colors.

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Cupcakes

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Muffin Liners

Place white cake mix into a large mixing bowl and beat in water, eggs, and vegetable oil with an electric mixer on low speed just until moistened. Turn mixer speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes.

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White Cake Mix

Vegetable Oil

Water

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Mixing Bowl

Blender

Pour batter into prepared muffin cups, filling them about 2/3 full.

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Muffin Liners

Bake cupcakes in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes.

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Cupcakes

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Toothpicks

Oven

Cool cupcakes thoroughly.

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Cupcakes

Place cupcakes on a platter with the bottom sides facing up.

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Cupcakes

To decorate the cupcakes, break graham crackers in half to make 24 2 1/2-inch squares.

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Graham Crackers

Cupcakes

Place a dab of frosting centered on bottom of each cupcake and stick a square to the frosting to form mortarboard part of a graduation cap.

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Frosting

Cupcakes

Place the opened container of frosting into a microwave oven and heat until the frosting is warmed, soft, and workable, about 10 seconds. Frosting should be smooth but not runny. Color the frosting to your desired shade with food coloring.

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Food Color

Frosting

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Microwave

Oven

Frost the top and sides of the graham cracker squares.

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Graham Cracker Squares

Unwrap lemon candies and place 2 candies onto a piece of waxed paper. Microwave the candies until warm and soft, 5 seconds or as needed.

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Candy

Lemon

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Microwave

Roll out the candies on waxed paper to make thin squares of candy. Using a sharp knife or small scissors, cut small tassel shapes from each square. When the tassels are made, set them aside and microwave 2 more candies; repeat steps until you have made 24 small candy tassels.

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Candy

Roll

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Microwave

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Knife

Place a tassel in the center of each graham cracker square. The tassel should hang slightly over the edge of the square.

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Graham Cracker Squares

Dip marked side of a candy-coated chocolate piece into frosting and place the piece onto the center of the graham cracker square, frosted side up, to cover the end of the candy tassel string.

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Graham Cracker Squares

Chocolate